Seton Hall coach P.J. Carlesimo instructs Jerry Walker (left), Terry Dehere (24) and Arturas Karnishovas (right) during a game in 1993. Seton Hall is honoring the 1992-93 Big East championship squad at halftime of Saturday's game against Cincinnati.

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The letter confused John Leahy at first. Seton Hall University reached out to him, seeking to reunite the 1992-1993 men's basketball team for a ceremony at the Prudential Center.

"It said they were honoring us and I told my wife, 'I wonder why?' " said Leahy, then a sharpshooting sub and now a high school coach. "Then I figured out it was 20 years and I said, 'Holy cow, I'm getting old.' "

Twenty years ago the Pirates were the toast of the metropolitan area. They finished the regular season ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25. They sold out the Meadowlands arena three times with crowds of ...